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WorksheetsC5 Was America different?
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 50mins
Thomas Paine had boldly told the Americans that they had it in their power to start the world anew. What did he mean by this statement?
They could create a new kind of nation unlike any other.
They should return to British rule.
They must follow the traditions of Europe.
They had no power to change their future.
Read the passage below and answer the question: Even before the revolution, visitors from Europe commented on the striking differences between the old world and the new, such as America's physical landscape, the population's high rate of literacy, and the institution of slavery. After the Revolution, these features continued to set America apart, but so did two other differences that developed in the years of Revolution: religious diversity and government institutions. Which two features developed in America after the Revolution?
Physical landscape and slavery
Religious diversity and government institutions
High rate of literacy and population growth
Immigration and established churches
Read the passage below and answer the question: Every American state except Pennsylvania and Rhode Island had an established church, but religious practices differed in each. Tremendous immigration from Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Germany in the mid-eighteenth century brought dissenting Presbyterians, Moravians, Lutherans, and Baptists, but not their clergy. American believers created their own communities of worship and controlled
New York and Virginia
Pennsylvania and Rhode Island
Massachusetts and Georgia
Maryland and Delaware
Read the passage below and fill in the blank: Tremendous immigration from Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Germany in the mid-eighteenth century brought dissenting ________, Moravians, Lutherans, and Baptists, but not their clergy.
Presbyterians
Catholics
Quakers
Methodists
According to the passage, what was a key difference between America and Europe regarding religious diversity during the American Revolution?
Religious diversity flourished in America, which did not exist anywhere else.
Religious diversity was strictly prohibited in America, unlike Europe.
Europe had more religious diversity than America during the Revolution.
Both America and Europe had the same level of religious diversity during the Revolution.
Who presented the biggest challenge to religious orthodoxy during the American Revolution?
American Baptists
Anglican Church
Quakers
Puritans
Reverend Isaac Backus of Massachusetts appeared uninvited at the first Continental Congress in 1774. What did he bring copies of?
Appeal to the Public for Religious Liberty
Common Sense
The Federalist Papers
Declaration of Rights
What principle did the Massachusetts assembly violate by taxing the Baptist congregation to support the Congregational clergy?
Freedom of speech
No taxation without representation
Separation of powers
Right to bear arms
Who did Robert Treat Paine meet with for a four-hour discussion?
Backus
Franklin
Jefferson
Adams
What did Robert Treat Paine think about the matter discussed with Backus?
It was about religious freedom
It was only a contending about paying a little money
It was about supporting the British
It was about the Stamp and Tea Acts
Read the passage and answer: Why did the Baptists deny the state's power?
They wanted more money
They wanted to interfere in Parliament
They wanted to protect religious conscience
They supported the Stamp Act
Who insisted that the Provincial Congress needed to act or risk losing support from non-Congregationalists in other states?
John Adams
Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
According to the passage, what did the established church in Virginia do to Baptists who did not attend Anglican services?
Gave them money
Had them arrested
Allowed them to practice freely
Ignored them
Who were the powerful allies of the Baptists mentioned in the passage?
A) George Washington and Benjamin Franklin
B) Thomas Jefferson and James Madison
C) John Adams and Alexander Hamilton
D) Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams
Fill in the blank: Virginia's 1776 Constitution guaranteed freedom of ________, but state taxes continued to support the Episcopal clergy.
conscience
speech
assembly
press
What did Thomas Jefferson propose in the 1770s regarding religious freedom?
He proposed a statute for religious freedom.
He proposed a new tax on churches.
He advocated for a national religion.
He banned all religious gatherings.
According to the passage, no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever.
True
False
Who continued to press for the passage of the statute after the legislature initially rejected it?
Jefferson
Madison
Washington
Adams
In what year was the statute guaranteeing religious liberty passed, according to the passage?
1785
1776
1801
1792
According to Jefferson, this law guaranteed religious liberty to which groups?
To the Jew and the Gentile, the Christian and the Mahometan, the Hindoo, and infidel of every denomination.
Only to Christians and Jews.
Only to those who followed the state religion.
Only to citizens born in the country.
What did the statute free Baptists and others from, as mentioned in the passage?
From an Episcopalian establishment and from having to pay taxes to support a church to which they did not belong.
From serving in the military during times of war.
From attending public schools in their community.
From voting in local government elections.
According to the passage, which religious groups were taxed by Virginia's government to support the Episcopalians?
Baptists, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and infidels
Only Christians
Catholics and Quakers
No religious groups were taxed
What dilemma did Madison face regarding religious minorities in the newly independent United States?
The dilemma of governing minorities against majorities and ensuring religious toleration.
The dilemma of choosing a national religion for the country.
The dilemma of abolishing all religious practices in government.
The dilemma of granting citizenship only to members of the majority religion.
Madison believed that one religious sect could easily dominate the entire United States.
True
False
Why did Madison think it would be impossible for one religious sect to dominate nationally in the United States?
Because the United States had so many different religious sects, making it impossible for one to dominate nationally.
Because the government officially supported one religion over others.
Because religious leaders were not allowed to participate in politics.
Because the Constitution banned all forms of religion.
According to the passage, what did Madison believe would prevent a national religious establishment in the United States?
A) A strong central government
B) Religious diversity or pluralism
C) Economic prosperity
D) Military power
Fill in the blank: Madison saw religious diversity, or ________, as a way to prevent a national religious establishment.
pluralism
monotheism
atheism
secularism
According to the passage, why was the loosely constructed confederation of thirteen autonomous states not working?
Because the United States could not pay its debts and could not protect its frontiers.
Because the states wanted to form a monarchy.
Because the confederation had too much power over the states.
Because the states refused to trade with each other.
According to the passage, what did Spain refuse to allow Americans to use?
the Mississippi River
the Atlantic Ocean
the Great Lakes
the Erie Canal
In 1785, who captured two American ships and held the sailors hostage?
Algiers
France
Spain
Portugal
Who realized the confederation had to give way to a government resting directly on the people?
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Why was Congress unable to tax citizens or use military force against them, according to the passage?
Because the states' legislatures, not the people, elected Congress.
Because Congress did not have any representatives.
Because Congress was not recognized by the states.
Because Congress was only a temporary body.
In the summer of 1787, which state did NOT send delegates to the convention in Philadelphia?
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Who was the leading law teacher in the United States mentioned in the passage, who had trained Jefferson and John Marshall?
George Mason
George Wythe
James Wilson
John Dickinson
Fill in the blank: Madison and the ______ delegates took the lead, arriving at the convention first.
Virginia
New York
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Which former governor attended the convention as a delegate from South Carolina?
John Rutledge
Charles Pinckney
Thomas Sumter
Francis Marion
Name one of the two unrelated Morrises mentioned in the passage who attended the convention.
Robert Morris or Gouverneur Morris
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
According to the passage, who called the assembly an assembly of 'demigods'?
Jefferson
Washington
Franklin
Madison
Which of the following was NOT present at the assembly described in the passage?
A) Patrick Henry
B) George Clinton
C) John Hancock
D) All of the above
According to the passage, how many delegates had what might be considered 'common origins'?
Three
Five
Seven
Ten
Who was the son of a soap maker mentioned in the passage?
Franklin
Jefferson
Washington
Adams
Were there any representatives from west of the Appalachians at the assembly?
True
False
According to the passage, who was born to an unwed mother in the West Indies?
A) Alexander Hamilton
B) Roger Sherman
C) Randolph
D) Madison
Who proposed a plan that Madison had drafted to create a national government?
Virginia's governor, Randolph
Alexander Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
According to the passage, representation in both legislative houses would be based on what?
Population
Wealth
Geographic location
Age
The Virginia plan wanted to end the system that gave Delaware or Rhode Island as much power as Virginia or Pennsylvania.
True
False
According to the passage, what did the small-state leaders want to do to strengthen the confederation?
Give Congress power to tax citizens and make the new Constitution the supreme law of the land
Allow states to follow their own laws
Abolish the Congress
Give all power to the President
Fill in the blank: The nationalists wanted _______ to count in both legislative houses.
population
land area
number of states
tax revenue
The compromise that one house of the legislature would represent states in proportion to their population, and in the other each state would have an equal vote, was proposed by:
James Madison
Roger Sherman
Alexander Hamilton
Benjamin Franklin
The Convention adopted the compromise proposed by Sherman and William Samuel Johnson.
True
False
According to the passage, who did Gouverneur Morris propose should have the right to vote?
Freeholders—individuals who owned property.
All adult men regardless of property ownership.
Only government officials.
All citizens including women.
What was Gouverneur Morris's response to the objection that restricting the vote to freeholders might lead to an aristocracy?
He said he had long learned not to be the dupe of words such as aristocracy and argued that giving votes to people with no property would result in them selling their votes to the rich.
He agreed that only the wealthy should vote to prevent mob rule.
He suggested that all men, regardless of property, should have the right to vote.
He proposed that voting rights be determined by age rather than property ownership.
Most people in 1787 were freeholders, according to the passage.
True
False
What warning did Gouverneur Morris give about the future of the country if voting rights were not restricted to freeholders?
He warned that the country would abound with mechanics and manufacturers who would receive their bread from their employers, and questioned whether these hirelings would be secure and faithful guardians of liberty.
He warned that the country would become too focused on agriculture and neglect industry.
He warned that the government would become too powerful and suppress individual freedoms.
He warned that foreign influence would dominate the nation's politics.
According to the passage, who could buy property and therefore have the right to vote during the American Revolution?
Urban merchants
Employees
Non-freeholders
Women
John Dickinson believed that restricting the vote to freeholders would guard against the influence of which group?
Urban merchants
Multitudes without property & without principle
Women
Employees
Fill in the blank: Madison worried about the probable reception Morris's change would meet with in the States where ________ could vote.
non-freeholders
landowners
merchants
slaves
According to the passage, who were considered the safest guardians of liberty?
Propertyless people
Freeholders
Merchants
Capitalists
What would happen if the propertyless joined together, according to the passage?
Liberty and property would be safer
Liberty and property would not be safe
The constitution would be stronger
Merchants would gain more power
Fill in the blank: Oliver Ellsworth of Connecticut warned that 'the right of suffrage was a ______ point.'
tender
fixed
minor
irrelevant
Who rose to defend the propertyless, according to the passage?
George Mason, author of Virginia's constitution
Thomas Jefferson, drafter of the Declaration of Independence
James Madison, Father of the Constitution
Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of the Treasury
Read the passage: 'Ought the merchant, the monied man, the parent of a number of children whose fortunes are to be pursued in his own Country, to be viewed as suspicious characters, and unworthy to be trusted with the common right of their fellow Citizen'? According to the passage, what did Mason see large propertyless families as?
Threats to liberty and property
Full of children who would pursue their fortunes in their own country
Suspicious characters
Unworthy to be trusted
Fill in the blank based on the passage: Benjamin Franklin's parents owned no property but raised ______ children and seven grandchildren respectably.
thirteen
ten
five
twenty
According to the passage, how did Benjamin Franklin usually participate in legislative bodies?
Franklin had only spoken a dozen times thus far, asking a question or making a comment to illuminate the discussion. Twice he had given long speeches, written out in advance and then delivered by another delegate as he sat.
Franklin was known for making impromptu speeches frequently during every session.
Franklin often led the debates and was the primary spokesperson for his group.
Franklin rarely attended the sessions and preferred to send written notes instead of speaking.
According to Franklin, why should the virtue and public spirit of common people not be depressed?
Because they contributed principally to the favorable issue of the war.
Because they were the wealthiest members of society.
Because they held important government positions.
Because they were responsible for writing the laws.
Who did Franklin remind the delegates had 'displayed a great deal' of virtue and public spirit during the war?
The British sailors
The common people
The American government
The British government
Fill in the blank: American sailors, on the lowest rung of the economic ladder, when captured at sea, preferred captivity in horrible British prisons to service on _______.
British warships
American merchant ships
French fishing boats
Spanish galleons
Franklin had been a poor man in both America and Britain.
True
False
According to the passage, what did Parliament do to suppress 'tumultuous meetings'?
Allowed everyone to vote
Restricted the vote to freeholders
Increased the number of representatives
Abolished Parliament
Fill in the blank: The next year Parliament subjected ____ .
the people who had no votes to peculiar labors and hardships.
the king to a new set of rules.
the clergy to additional taxes.
the merchants to strict regulations.
One concern mentioned in the passage about choosing the executive by the people as a whole was:
It might lead to instability or poor choices.
It would be too expensive.
It would be too slow.
It would be unfair to small states.
According to the passage, on the same day in every state capital, electors would gather and vote for two people. How many of these people could be from their own state?
Both
Only one
None
All
Who would count the sealed ballots sent by the electors?
The President
Congress
The Senate
The Supreme Court
Fill in the blank: The House of Representatives would choose from the top _____ candidates, with each state having one vote.
five
three
ten
two
According to the passage, what would happen to the candidate receiving the most votes?
Become vice president
Become president
Become a senator
Become a representative
What was the main role of the vice president according to the passage?
To preside over the Senate
To count the ballots
To choose the president
To nominate candidates
According to the passage, in what year did four candidates split the electoral vote, leading Congress to elect John Quincy Adams?
1790
1824
1776
1800
Before the 1790s, what did not exist to arrange the electors' votes in advance?
National political parties
State legislatures
The Supreme Court
The Senate
Who recognized that Virginia depended on international markets for its tobacco, according to the passage?
George Mason
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
James Madison
What vote did George Mason propose Congress should require to impose tariffs?
Unanimous vote
Simple majority
Two-thirds vote
Three-fourths vote
Fill in the blank: Mason and Luther Martin of Maryland called for an end to the _________
slave trade
whiskey tax
postal service
state militia
Fill in the blank: According to Mason, 'Every master of slaves is born a petty _______.'
tyrant
hero
servant
leader
Fill in the blank: The settlers in the new territories across the mountains were 'already calling out for _______ for their new lands.'
slaves
schools
railroads
churches
According to the passage, why did South Carolina and Georgia oppose restricting the slave trade?
They believed slavery was morally wrong
They needed slaves to work in their massive agricultural industry
They wanted to free all slaves
They wanted to import more goods from Africa
Fill in the blank: Connecticut's Oliver Ellsworth advised against raising the issue of slavery because he 'had never owned a slave' and could not judge the effects of slavery on _________
character
economy
politics
health
The Virginians and Marylanders were described as humanitarians in the passage.
True
False
According to the passage, what did the Virginians and Marylanders want to do with their surplus slaves?
Free them
Sell them to Georgia and South Carolina
Send them back to Africa
Employ them in tobacco fields
According to the passage, what two issues were sent to a committee at the convention?
A) Tariff and taxation
B) Tariff and slave trade
C) Slave trade and voting rights
D) Bill of rights
Which states wanted the two-thirds tariff vote and to continue the slave trade?
New England and Virginia
Georgia and South Carolina
New York and Pennsylvania
Massachusetts and Maryland
Fill in the blank: In return for supporting a simple majority vote on tariffs, New England would allow Georgia and South Carolina to continue importing slaves for ______ years.
twenty
ten
five
thirty
Who proposed a bill of rights in an effort to save the Constitution, according to the passage?
Mason and Elbridge Gerry
James Madison and Alexander Hamilton
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin and John Adams
According to the passage, what did the people expect the new constitution to have?
A list of rights the government could not violate
A list of taxes to be paid
A list of government officials
A list of states
Who warned of a civil war brewing in Massachusetts between opponents of democracy?
Madison
Mason
Gerry
Pelatiah Webster
Fill in the blank: Nine states would have to ______ the Constitution for it to take effect.
ratify
amend
reject
sign
Supporters of the Constitution became known as _______.
Federalists
Anti-Federalists
Confederates
Patriots
In Philadelphia, who addressed the lack of a bill of rights, arguing that one would be dangerous and unnecessary?
James Wilson
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
George Mason
According to the passage, what did the new government have?
Unlimited powers
Limited powers
No powers
All powers
Wilson argued that if the Constitution included a bill of rights, it would imply the federal government had powers in which areas?
Press, religion, speech, rights of the accused
Taxation, commerce, and trade only
Foreign policy and military only
State elections and education only
Where in the Constitution did Wilson question the federal government's power over the press, religion, or speech?
In the First Amendment
In the Preamble
In Article II
In the Bill of Rights
Did this not make state bills of rights irrelevant?
Yes, it did make state bills of rights irrelevant.
No, state bills of rights remained relevant.
It only affected federal rights, not state rights.
It made both state and federal rights irrelevant.
